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The Student Government Organization: Executive Council

Thursday, March 11, 2009

3:17 P.M. – 3:59 P.M.

Minutes

I. Attendance

Key: [L] = Late [A] = Absent

M. Williams, AP Student & Parent Engagement

Angelica Ahmed, SGO Speaker



N. Chen, 2010 President

K. Zhang, 2010 Vice President

I. Rahman, 2010 Parliamentarian

H. Abdul-Karim, 2010Treasurer

[A] W. Chin, 2010 Secretary





D. Shadburn, 2011 President

I. Ahmad, 2011 Vice President

D. Sandfia, 2011 Parliamentarian

A. Bukhta, 2011 Treasurer

[A] D. Alebdy, 2011 Secretary




M. Gorbonosov, 2012 President

[A} M. Hossain, 2012 V. President

J. Chan, 2012 Parliamentarian

S. Eng, 2012 Treasurer

[A] S. Dhaliwal, 2012 Secretary



L. Wang, 2013 President

I. Cheng, 2013 Vice President

[A] S. Pazycheva, Parliamentarian

R. Chinsky, 2013 Treasurer

[A] A. Geraloglou, 2013 Secretary

II. Business

A. Tennis Team – The Tennis Team expressed grievances toward their budget and money that they believe was in their budget but was not given to them. After inquiring with the Finance Office, it was cleared up and they have $5668.45 to use.

B. Junior Achievement: High School Heroes Program – The Council of Student Activities Brach of Student Government is in the process of planning it. As of now, it is scheduled for May 26^th, 2010. High School Heroes is a program that invites high school students to a local elementary school to teach a pre-determined curriculum for a full day.

C. UNSL Conference – The United Network of Student Leaders in the Empowerment Schools Organization (Network 6) is planning a Leadership Conference on May 14^th, 2010 at the College of Staten Island. Several members of Student Government will be attending. The names were taken down today at the meeting. If there are any discrepancies, please email Angelica Ahmed at gellie123@gmail.com

D. Senior Selective Conferences – This pertains to the class of 2011 and beyond. Juniors will soon be able to choose their Senior Math and English courses universally through a uniform method of selection. The process is similar to selecting a major which will include an essay, recommendation from teacher and so forth. More details to be released soon

III. COSA Notes

A. Seniors: College Dorm Bed sheets – College Dorm Beds are slightly larger than the ones that you sleep in at home. A company contacted Tech to see if we are interested in a fundraiser to sell Bed sheets for dorm rooms. Senior Government will investigate.

B. America’s Favorite School Update – The Alumni Foundation has received the check for $20,000. As promised $14,000 will go toward the renovation of the 3^rd floor boy’s locker room. The school is actively working with vendors to determine the most cost effective method to approach this project. $6000 will go toward student activities.

C. Calendar:

1. 3/24: Report Cards Distributed in PREFECT

2. 3/26: Last Day of school before Spring Break

3. 3/19: CULTURE DAY SHOW IS POSTPONED

4. 4/7 – Return from Spring Break

5. 4/10: Juniors, College Process Info Night (Colleges that Change Lives)

IV. Open Agenda

A. Recycling Program at Tech – Through countless attempts to initiate a recycling program at Tech, no progress is being made. The custodial staff will not cooperate with anyone because they refuse to sort the garbage into separate bags. Instead, they throw everything into one bag.

1. Attempts were made by Michelle Gorbonosov to get recycling cans

2. Nicky Chen commented that if we do not get enough recycling cans to station them next to the current garbage cans then there is no use to having a program. Besides, the custodial staff is not cooperating so there is no point in pursing our efforts.

B. Express Elevators – Students are noticing that more and more teachers are using their keycards to activate the elevators to stop at a specific floor during passing. This significantly slows down the students because they have to stop at the Xth floor for them to get off. Nicky stated that it is convenient for them but it is inconvenient for the hundreds if not thousands of students who take the elevators daily. He continued saying that if teachers continue to use their key cards to stop the elevators at random floors during passing then we have invested in a system that useless because the main objective is to make express stops from 1-7 at all times during passing.

1. To our understanding, Principal Asher has advised the staff that Elevator C makes all local stops and encourages all staff to use that elevator instead of the express elevators during passing.

V. Adjournment: 3:59 P.M.



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The Student Government Organization: Executive Council

Thursday, March 18, 2010 3:10 PM – 5:20 PM

Minutes

I. Attendance

Key: [L] = Late [A] = Absent

Angelica Ahmed, SGO Speaker

<br style="page-break-before: auto;" clear="ALL"> N. Chen, President

K. Zhang, Vice President

I. Rahman, Parliamentarian

H. Abdul-Karim, Treasurer

[L] W. Chin, Secretary



[A] D. Shadburn, President

I. Ahmad, Vice President

D. Sandfia, Parliamentarian

[L] A. Bukhta, Treasurer

[L] D. Alebdy, Secretary



[A] M. Gorbonosov, President

M. Hossain, Vice President

J. Chan, Parliamentarian

S. Eng, Treasurer

S. Dhaliwal, Secretary





[A] L. Wang, President

I. Cheng, Vice President

S. Pazycheva, Parliamentarian

R. Chinsky, Treasurer

A. Geraloglou, Secretary

<br style="page-break-before: auto;" clear="ALL"> II. Business

A. Updates

1. Sunshine

2. SmileTrain

a. The wristbands came in from the organization

b. They are going to be sold next week

i. The details about selling them are still being discussed

3. Clearing Storage Room

a. During the week of April 16^th, we will be selling old t-shirts and last year’s March of Dimes bracelets for $1 together

i. They will be sold during lunch periods

4. CTC Carnival

a. No Club Team Council representatives emailed Izzy back saying that they would like to be on the committee for the Carnival

b. Izzy will email CTC once again, asking for people to work on this event

i. She already emailed them twice, with no responses

5. Blood Drive

a. The event was cancelled due to lack of communication between the organization and Mr. Williams

b. It is unsure if the event will be rescheduled this school year

6. Culture Day

a. The actual day is postponed until the day of the Culture Show

b. We should inform everyone tonight about Culture Day being postponed

B. UNSL

1. Buddy Days

a. The first one is tomorrow

b. The next one is April 14^th

c. Students from other schools will be visiting Tech tomorrow to see how our school is run

d. Is an experience for students to experience other school environments

2. Student Empowerment Conference

a. Will be on May 14^th

b. UNSL representatives are highly discouraged from running the workshops

c. We need 2 – 3 people to run the Tech workshops

i. There are 2 sessions for each workshop

d. We should let Angelica know about ideas to spice up our workshop

i. She will help write the workshop plan

e. BOSS is making a video about the school

i. BOSS won a $1,000 grant

ii. All schools at the conference will present a video

i. A committee will choose the best video and a prize for that school

C. Locker Rooms

1. We should try to speak to Ms. O’Hara in person about the Tech locker rooms

a. Ask her only questions that she would know

2. Mr. Williams visited the boys’ and girls’ locker rooms

3. The check from the America’s Favorite School Contest was written out to the Alumni Foundation

a. Alumni Foundation doesn’t face the same restrictions as the school when it comes to the companies that could be used to renovate the locker rooms

b. Alumni Foundation found a company that installs more durable lockers

i. They will still have 2 tiers

4. We want to renovate the locker rooms by section

D. Learning Environment Survey

1. Teachers are the ones who give the lowest ratings

a. At the end of the faculty conference on Monday, Mr. Williams will try to have all of the teachers fill out the survey before they leave

2. During 3^rd period next Friday, during the 1/2 day, students will fill out the survey

a. An issue is that attendance is lower on a 1/2 day and on the day before break

b. The teachers wouldn’t want to have the survey filled out on another day of full instruction

c. If we had the survey filled out during gym classes it would take more than one day to have everyone fill it out

i. Not everyone has gym class on the same day

E. GO Ideas Exchange

1. Two students from Hunter attended the meeting to see how our SGO was structured compared to their GO

2. Students are greatly represented by the different branches of SGO: Executive Council, Council for Student Activities, Student Assembly, Leadership and Club/Team Council

3. We are in charge of the budget for student activities and allocate the money to clubs and teams

a. If a club or team wants money from the budget, they must have a constitution

i. All student organizations are supposed to have a constitution according to the DOE

4. At Hunter, there are 6 elected members in total for all grade levels from 9^th grade to 12^th grade

a. Their primary job is to conduct activities and manage the clubs

b. They are not a political organization

c. They also have grade councils that meet on a weekly basis

i. Each grade level has a President, Vice president, Treasurer and Secretary

d. They should have a separate group that works on only policies

i. They should discuss this with their principal

e. They don’t serve on committees for the school

i. We have student representatives on the School Leadership Team, School Safety and other committees

5. Mr. Asher is very open with communication

6. Some schools have open forums where students can express their concerns about the school

7. Hunter has a new principal who doesn’t seem to be interested in input from an SGO

a. They should reach out to their Parents Association about this because the students should have a say in the school

i. We make sure that our voices are heard one way or another

b. They should have a survey similar to the Learning Environment Survey to see how well the students, parents and teachers are satisfied with the school

i. The numbers and facts can be brought up to the principal to change her mind about students having a say

i. They should take the feedback back to their administration

ii. Students can also provide feedback about their GO on the survey

iii. They should also put this survey on their school’s website

c. They can also have their GO advisor speak to the principal about respecting the students

8. They can inform us about the issues they have at their school

a. We might have similar issues

b. We can provide them with some ideas about how to resolve some of those issues

9. They should use their school website more often and set up a larger section for their GO

10. They should research the CUNY policies that they should be abiding by

11. We should visit their school for one of their GO meetings

a. Their meets are at 7:35 AM

III. COSA Notes

A. Fundraising Update

1. Approved items can be sold at any time during the day

a. The items cannot be sold in the cafeteria during lunch periods

2. As of now we are only limited to the water machines

a. The machines will also have flavored water

B. Maimonides Hospital

1. There is an assembly on April 9^th and teachers are invited to bring their classes down during 8^th period

a. A group called FACES will be doing a performance about issues that many students face

2. Ms. Chan is working on a program with the hospital for students facing depression and contemplating suicide

a. They want to set up a clinic within the school for students to have another place to go speak to someone about issues they are having

i. Many other schools already have this program

ii. We are currently looking into this

i. Need to find out if the DOE will allow us to do this

ii. Need to find a location for us to have this clinic

C. School Safety

1. Detention Policy

a. There will be 1 hour detention sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays

b. Students will have 2 weeks to clear their detention if their attendance was marked incorrectly

c. Cutting detention may eventually lead to suspension

d. Mr. Newman wants to implement this on March 25^th

i. Students would only serve detention if a school safety agent catches them cutting or if a teacher recommends them for detention

2. Dances

a. All dances must be held in the 8^th floor gym

3. Senior Pride Days

a. A student came in dressed as cupid and was brought down to the Deans’ Office

i. Detectives and police officers looked on at him and wondered what kind of school this is

b. We should visit other schools to see how they have their Senior Pride Days

c. Students must abide by the dress code

i. We should email blast the dress code to all students

ii. The dress code was last altered last year by SLT

iii. We should revisit the dress code

IV. Open Agenda

A. There has been an increased police presence around the school because of the incident late last week

1. Our Safe Corridor (with police presence) goes to the train stations near the school

B. Many years ago Urban Planning inspected the school’s physical appeal from the basement to the 5^th floor

1. They examined the good and bad parts of the school

2. They found pealing paint and exposed wiring

3. Some of these problems are still around now

C. Clubs can be eliminated entirely for illegal fundraisers

1. If they do not fill out the proper paperwork

2. If the fundraisers are not allowed by the DOE

V. Adjournment